Failed De Blasio presidential campaign hit with FEC fines for improper contributions

Three committees connected to former New York City Democratic Mayor Bill De Blasio's 2020 presidential campaign have received a $53,100 fine from the Federal Election Commission.

The FEC determined that De Blasio's campaign committee received improper financial contributions from two political action committees and failed to disclose them, the Associated Press reported.

The campaign committee published its report this week, noting that the campaign committee admitted to received $123,000 from Fairness PAC and $52,851.89 from NY Fairness PAC, both of which De Blasio had a hand in establishing.

"There were some accounting errors here and we immediately worked to get it right. We are happy to have it settled," De Blasio advisor Peter Ragone said Friday, per the outlet.

De Blasio's campaign finance issues come amid an ongoing prosecution of former President Donald Trump in New York over a payment his then-personal attorney made to Stormy Daniels in 2016. District Attorney Alvin Bragg pursued charges of falsifying business records, to which Trump has pleaded not guilty.

The former New York mayor is not the only Democrat to face FEC fines over their handling of campaign finances. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2022 agreed to pay an $8,000 fine for disguising their funding of the now-debunked Steele dossier as a legal expense.

Journalists and commentators have made much of the apparent contrast between the government's handling of Democratic campaign finance issues and Trump's alleged wrongdoings. The former president has deemed his prosecution a political witch hunt.

Notably, the FEC issued the fines to the De Blasio and Clinton campaigns, while Bragg's office has pursued charges against Trump.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.